11-683: Jimna is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people. Jimna is situated on the Jimna Range approximately 1690 feet (515.11 metres) above sea level. Jimna Diggings is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality, an area historically used for gold mining ( 26°42′28″S 152°32′06″E / 26.7078°S 152.5350°E / -26.7078; 152.5350 ( Jimna Diggings ) ). Duungidjawu ( also known as Wakka Wakka)
22-718: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
33-420: Is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region , particularly the towns of Kilcoy and Moore . The name Jimna is believed to be an Aboriginal word djimna meaning place of leeches . The first Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1868 and closed in 1879. A receiving office
44-639: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
55-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
66-840: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
77-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
88-511: The mid 1970s the town's population reduced significantly. In the 2016 census , the locality of Jimna had a population of 91 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people. Jimna has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
99-409: Was developed as a camping ground retaining the school buildings and other facilities. The school's website was archived. Commercial loggers Hancock and Gore moved their sawmill from Monsildale to what would become Jimna in 1922. The sawmill was burnt down in 1947. The state government established a hoop pine nursery at Jimna in 1935. Jimna hall was opened in 1934. When sawmilling contracted in
110-497: Was open from 1891 to 1909, and from 1925 until the second Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1927. This closed in 1981. In 1887, 42,880 acres (17,350 ha) of land were resumed from the Yabba pastoral run for the establishment of small farms. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1887. Monsildale Provisional School opened on 2 June 1913. In 1923, the school was moved and renamed Foxlowe Provisional School. On 25 June 1926 it
121-448: Was renamed Jimna Provisional School. On 1 October 1934, it became Jimna State School. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 31 December 2009. (In about 1941, a separate Monsildale State School was opened but closed about 1961.) It was at 21 School Road ( 26°39′43″S 152°27′44″E / 26.6619°S 152.4623°E / -26.6619; 152.4623 ( Jimna State School (former) ) ). The Jimna school site
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